Front page from August 24, 2011

Six undocumented youth were arrested for a sit-down protest in Chicago as part of a campaign against Barack Obama’s immigration policies.

A Missouri school is accused of not only ignoring a 7th grader's claim of rape, but making her write an apology to her attacker.

More than 200 people blockaded 82-year-old Mary Lee Ward's home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, to stop an eviction.

Gentleman's Quarterly issued its list of the 25 coolest athletes in sports--and there isn't a single woman on it.

The reign of Muammar el-Qaddafi is coming to an end--but the rebels taking over Tripoli are beholden to Western governments that want their interests served.

Union officials halted a dynamic strike against highly profitable Verizon after two weeks--but came away empty-handed.

A recent meeting of New York City school officials who answer to Michael Bloomberg turned into a rally for Verizon strikers.

After the riots in Britain, a familiar demonology is on display, as politicians complain about an over-permissive society.

Britain's right-wing government is trying to create a moral panic in response to the riots--and a section of the liberal left is following their lead.

Britain's Tory-led government and its media lackeys will never admit the true causes of the country's urban revolt: poverty, austerity and police brutality.

A San Francisco student challenges the claims of an AlterNet writer that U.S. youth resistance has been crushed.

Jamal Jackson's story isn't uncommon, especially in Wisconsin, a place that has been referred to as "the worst state in America to be Black."

Britain's politicians are all disgusted about "mindless criminality"--but the truth is they don't understand the first thing about the rebellion.

A phalanx of openly racist anti-Muslim bigots has started to gain a hearing in the mainstream over the last year and a half.

One employee's horror stories of working at Whole Foods are a reminder that we all deserve a little workplace democracy.

An emergency room nurse describes the consequences of short-staffing--and how nurses came together to make a difference.

The firebombing of a Texas abortion clinic is a reminder of the need to build an unapologetic fight for abortion rights.

In July, activists held a rally to protest a discriminatory dress code at Nephew's bar in San Marcos, Texas.

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